Zombification?: Gamification, motivation, and the user

Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 129-141

  Conway, Steven ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gamification; Immanent critique; Motivation; Self determination theory; Simulation; User centred design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939237723     PISSN: 1757191X     EISSN: 17571928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1386/jgvw.6.2.129_1     Document Type: Article

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